Global Patent Index - EP 3122174 B1

EP 3122174 B1 20180509 - A TEAT CUP WITH NOZZLE MEANS

Title (en)

A TEAT CUP WITH NOZZLE MEANS

Title (de)

MELKBECHER MIT DÜSENMITTELN

Title (fr)

GOBELET-TRAYEUR AVEC MOYEN BUSE

Publication

EP 3122174 B1 20180509 (EN)

Application

EP 15713572 A 20150320

Priority

  • GB 201405611 A 20140328
  • GB 2015050838 W 20150320

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2015145116A1] There is provided a teat cup (1) comprising a flexible liner (3) for engaging about a teat of an animal to be milked. The liner has a head portion (7) at one end of the liner and a milk discharge passageway (12) at another end of the liner. The head portion is provided with a mouth (9) through which the teat is engageable with the liner, and an injector (18) for injecting fluid into the head portion of the liner. The injector comprises a gravity biased diverter that controls, based on an orientation of the teat cup,an injection direction (FLT, FLF) in which the fluid is injected into the head portion. There is further provided a method for milking an animal using the teat cup.

IPC 8 full level

A01J 5/08 (2006.01); A01J 7/02 (2006.01); A01J 7/04 (2006.01); B05B 1/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A01J 5/08 (2013.01 - EP US); A01J 7/025 (2013.01 - EP US); A01J 7/04 (2013.01 - EP US); B05B 1/1618 (2013.01 - EP US); B05B 1/3006 (2013.01 - EP US); F16K 1/44 (2013.01 - US); F16K 15/044 (2013.01 - US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2015145116 A1 20151001; AU 2015238033 A1 20160908; AU 2015238033 B2 20180222; BR 112016022356 B1 20210309; EP 3122174 A1 20170201; EP 3122174 B1 20180509; GB 201405611 D0 20140514; NZ 723429 A 20210326; PL 3122174 T3 20180831; TR 201807384 T4 20180621; US 10413915 B2 20190917; US 2017014837 A1 20170119

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 2015050838 W 20150320; AU 2015238033 A 20150320; BR 112016022356 A 20150320; EP 15713572 A 20150320; GB 201405611 A 20140328; NZ 72342915 A 20150320; PL 15713572 T 20150320; TR 201807384 T 20150320; US 201515123881 A 20150320